JBS, Brazil’s second largest pork producer and the world’s largest animal protein processing company, announced in its sustainability report plans to phase out the use of gestation crates to confine breeding sows at all company-owned facilities.

Small, emerging farmers practicing free-range egg production and crate-free pork production in South Africa received support from major retailer Pick ‘n Pay and Humane Society International. Pick ‘n Pay aims to increase the sourcing of their eggs and meat coming from higher welfare farms within the next 12 months.

The Agriculture Ministers of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands have called on EU Member States to safeguard animal welfare when granting investment capital through international finance institutions and when providing guarantees through export credit agencies.

Eurest, a leading food service provider in Mexico, announced an industry leading commitment to improve animal welfare standards in its Mexican supply chain. Humane Society International praised the move.

BRF, Brazil’s largest pig producer and producers of iconic brands such as Sadia and Pedigão, announced today that it will phase out the lifelong confinement of breeding sows in gestation crates. HSI had been encouraging BRF to make such a commitment and welcomes the company’s announcement as a positive step.

Rubén Albarrán, of iconic Mexican rock band Café Tacvba, joined HSI’s Déjalas Mover (Let Them Move) campaign, and is calling on his fans to help end the cruel confinement of egg-laying hens and breeding sows in cages so small, they can barely even move.

Cine Tonalá, a multidisciplinary forum in Mexico City that specializes in independent film, music and theater, joins Humane Society International’s Déjalas Mover campaign by switching to cage-free eggs and crate-free pork at its restaurant.

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